Surf Olympians John John Florence and Carissa Moore to have secret agent protection at Teahupoo

"It may feel like we're in paradise. But things can happen anywhere, even in paradise."

Hot on the heels of the Secret Service’s dramatic failure to stop a wild-eyed kid from blowing the head off a Trump supporter and almost killing ol blue eyes himself, a special agent has been employed to protract the US Olympic team at Teahupoo.

Wisconsin’s Mike Bjelajac, who is forty-six and from the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, a sister agency to the disgraced US Secret Service, will protect the US surf team, which includes John John Florence, Griffin Colapinto, Caity Simmers, reigning gold medallist Carissa Moore and the world champion Caroline Marks.

“It may feel like we’re in paradise. But things can happen anywhere, even in paradise,” Bjelajac told US Today, citing natural disasters, local pickpockets and Tahiti’s remoteness as potential problem areas.

Special attention will paid, one supposes, to Griffin Colapinto, often referred to as surfing’s Gandhi and who famously cooled Brazilian surf fans after a controversial victory at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch.

The original Gandhi, as BeachGrit’s erudite readers know, was assassinated by a Romanian Army M1934-wielding Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.

Gandhi, who was 78 years old at the time but looked one hundred years older, was shot three times at point-blank range as he was walking to a prayer meeting at Birla House in New Delhi. Godse, was a member of the Hindu Mahasabha, a right-wing Hindu nationalist political party, and he held Gandhi responsible for the partition of India and the subsequent violence between Hindus and Muslims.

The exact death toll from the 1947 Partition of India is a little shaky, low-ballers say 200,00, the easily excited claim two mill. Most scholars accept a figure around 1 million.

Gandhi’s assassination was a shocking event that sent shockwaves throughout India and the world. Gandhi had been a leading figure in the Indian independence movement, advocating for nonviolent resistance to British rule.

His assassination was seen as a betrayal of his principles and a tragic end to his life’s work.

Thoughts and prayers with Griff and co.